#100rejections — November Totals

Accountability check-in-with-a-vengeance! But first, what is #100rejections anyway?

I have decided to set the literary goal of accumulating 100 rejections this calendar year to facilitate sustained efforts toward publication. Submitting multiple poems to one market and having them all rejected counts as one rejection. Having any number of poems in the packet accepted means that submission counts as one acceptance.

American Upheaval, Defunct (after prior Acceptance hence the -1 above — not counting it as a rejection either, though)

Cordella Magazine, Rejection**

Sustainable Arts Foundation (grant app), Rejection

Eunoia Review, Acceptance

The Penn Review, Rejection

Red Eft Review, Rejection

Anti-Heroin Chic, Acceptance

The Great American Poetry Show, Rejection

THRUSH, Rejection (personal!)***

Bomb Magazine, Rejection (personal)

New Verse News, Rejection

Plum Tree Tavern, Acceptance

*82 Review, Rejection

Bird’s Thumb, Acceptance

Front Porch Review, Acceptance

(b)OINK, Rejection

River Styx, Rejection

Christian Century, Acceptance

** Ghost rejection, hashtag sad-face.

*** A personal rejection, also known as a tiered rejection is sort of like a half-way point between a rejection and an acceptance. It means the editors passed on the work, but otherwise left a positive commentary of some kind in the rejection notice that was unique to you or your work, or added a personal note of appreciation. This is the first one I’ve thought to make note of, and definitely the first one I’ve received in a while. I’m excited about this one because I’d love to be published in this journal, so it feels like one little step closer! Also, they liked one of the poems that I really like, too, so that was just plain nice.

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Tune in after the new year for December tallies and the FINAL COUNT of rejections for 2017, to see if I made my goal. Happy submitting!